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Kaiser Family Foundation

In research, Kaiser Family Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,092 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,071
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,229
of 8,685
Research works
338
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
42.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Kaiser Family Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,092 of 16,945 58.2%153

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Family Foundation sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.88× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17.63× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 17.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kaiser Family Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Larry Levitt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Family Foundation.

  1. 1 Larry Levitt United States · #446,081 worldwide 30 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser Family Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Family Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Health Care Utilization, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets, Quality Improvement, Health System Reform, Chronic Disease Management and Continuity of Care.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care14▲ 109×4 topics
  2. Health Care Spending12▲ 866×1 topic
  3. Health Care Utilization12▲ 315×2 topics
  4. Insurance Markets12▲ 866×1 topic
  5. Quality Improvement2▲ 38×3 topics
  6. Health System Reform2▲ 72×2 topics
  7. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Continuity of Care2▲ 95×1 topic
  9. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 129×1 topic
  10. Pipeline2▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Seismic1▲ 62×1 topic
  12. Tunnel1▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Global Trade1▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Kaiser Family Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…12Healthcare Policy and Management: 12 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 1 fractional worksMasonry and Concrete Structural Analysis: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksTransport and Economic Policies: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and Construction2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Transport and Economic Policies Strategy and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kaiser Family Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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